Methods to characterize wellbore fluid composition and provide optimal additive dosing using mems technology

ABSTRACT

A method comprising determining a concentration of one or more components of a wellbore servicing fluid during a wellbore servicing operation; and adjusting or maintaining a composition of the wellbore servicing fluid being introduced into a wellbore and/or an operational parameter of the wellbore servicing operation based on the determining of the concentration of the one or more components, wherein the determining of the concentration of the one or more components comprises contacting a sample of the wellbore servicing fluid with a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device to provide a sample response indicative of the concentration of the one or more components.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

Not applicable.

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

Not applicable.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates generally to methods of servicing awellbore. More specifically, it relates to wellbore servicing methodsincluding determining a concentration of one or more components of awellbore servicing fluid during a wellbore servicing operation via amicroelectromechanical (“MEMS”) device.

BACKGROUND

Natural resources such as gas, oil, and water residing in a subterraneanformation or zone are usually recovered by drilling a wellbore down tothe subterranean formation while circulating a drilling fluid in thewellbore. During drilling or other wellbore servicing operations, thecomposition of a drilling fluid, also commonly known as “mud”, oranother wellbore servicing fluid can change from an expected compositionthereof, and such a change can be indicative of a variety of downholeevents. Accordingly, it is desirable to provide systems and methods fordetermining a concentration of one or more components of a drillingfluid or of another wellbore servicing fluid, such that a composition ofthe drilling fluid or the other wellbore servicing fluid beingintroduced into the wellbore and/or an operational parameter of thewellbore servicing operation can be adjusted or maintained based on thedetermining of the concentration of the one or more components.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE DRAWINGS

For a more complete understanding of this disclosure, reference is nowmade to the following brief description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and detailed description, wherein like referencenumerals represent like parts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic of a sensor or “molecular property spectrometer(MPS)” chip suitable for use in the method of this disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic of a MEMS device including a chip of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a schematic of a cantilever element of a chip of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B, and FIG. 4C are pictorial representations depictinghow resonance frequency (FIG. 4A), resonance frequency and heat (FIG.4B), and resonance frequency and heat and impedance (FIG. 4C) can beutilized to distinguish one or more components of a wellbore servicingfluid.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a wellbore servicing system, accordingto one or more aspects of this disclosure

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

It should be understood at the outset that although an illustrativeimplementation of one or more embodiments are provided below, thedisclosed systems and/or methods may be implemented using any number oftechniques, whether currently known or in existence. The disclosureshould in no way be limited to the illustrative implementations,drawings, and techniques illustrated below, including the exemplarydesigns and implementations illustrated and described herein, but may bemodified within the scope of the appended claims along with their fullscope of equivalents.

A descriptor numeral can be utilized generically herein to refer to anyembodiment of that component. For example, as detailed hereinbelow withreference to FIG. 5, generic reference to a “MEMS device 40” canindicate any MEMS device 40, such as a MEMS device 40A configured foranalyzing a sample 224A of WSF 224 uphole from a mud pit inlet line 225,a MEMS device 40B configured for analyzing a sample 224A of WSF 224uphole from a mud pit outlet line 227, a MEMS device 40C configured foranalyzing a sample 224A of WSF 224 uphole from a feed pipe 226, and/or aMEMS device 40D configured for analyzing a sample 224A of WSF 224downhole from an interior conduit 252 and/or from an annulus 228 via abottom hole assembly (BHA) 248.

Disclosed herein is a wellbore servicing method including: determining aconcentration of one or more components of a wellbore servicing fluid(WSF) during a wellbore servicing operation; and adjusting ormaintaining a composition of the wellbore servicing fluid beingintroduced into a wellbore and/or an operational (or “operating”)parameter of the wellbore servicing operation based on the determiningof the concentration of the one or more components, wherein thedetermining of the concentration of the one or more components includescontacting a sample of the wellbore servicing fluid with amicroelectromechanical system (MEMS) device to provide a sample responseindicative of the concentration of the one or more components. Inaspects, the wellbore servicing method of this disclosure enables thecomposition of a wellbore servicing fluid (e.g., a drilling fluid, acompletion fluid, etc.) to be determined in real time, wherebyadjustments to the wellbore servicing operation (e.g., the drillingoperation, the completions operation, etc.) can be taken to controland/or optimize performance of the wellbore servicing operation (e.g.,the drilling operation, the completions operation, etc.). In aspects,the method enables at least partial automation of the adjusting ormaintaining of the composition of the wellbore servicing fluid beingintroduced into the wellbore and/or of the adjusting or maintaining ofthe operational parameter of the wellbore servicing operation based onthe determining of the concentration of the one or more components. TheMEMS device can provide analytical quality data regarding the chemicalcontent/composition of the wellbore servicing fluid.

The MEMS device can include a sensor having microcantilever-basedself-sensing array (SSA) technology. Such a sensor may also be referredto herein as a “molecular property spectrometer chip”, an “MPS chip”, an“MEMS chip”, or simply a “chip”. FIG. 1 is a schematic of a sensor orMPS chip 10 suitable for use in the method of this disclosure. Sensor orMPS chip 10 of FIG. 1 includes a surface stress sensor 11, a calorimeter12 (e.g., a polymer coated calorimeter 12), a thermometer calorimeter13, an anemometer 14, a thermistor 15, a thermobalance 16, an impedancesensor 17, and polymer coated thermobalances 18. One or a plurality ofMPS chips 10 can be incorporated into the MEMS device 40. As depicted inFIG. 2, which is a schematic of a MEMS device 40 including an MPS chip10, a sample intake line 41 can be utilized to introduce a sample 224Aof the wellbore servicing fluid (e.g., wellbore servicing fluid 224,described with reference to FIG. 5 hereinbelow) to MEMS device 40,whereby the sample 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 can becontacted with the MPS chip 10. A sample outlet line 42 can be utilizedto remove the sample 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 from theMEMS device 40.

The MEMS device 40 can include a plurality of MPS chips or sensors 10within a housing. In aspects, the housing includes a wellbore monitoringtool, such as, without limitation, a BARALOGIX® unit, available fromHalliburton Energy Services, Houston, Tex. A plurality of chips 10 canbe utilized to provide redundancy and/or enable a desired frequency ofmeasurement of the concentration of the one or more components of theWSF 224. Utilizing a redundancy of chips 10 can allow for one or morechips 10 being cleaned or purged, while another one or more chips 10 canbe online. Cleaning/purging of the chips 10 will depend on the nature ofthe interaction of the one or more components (e.g., the analyte) withthe chip 10 (e.g., with coating 46 described hereinbelow with referenceto FIG. 3). In aspects, flushing with fresh WSF 224, heating (e.g., viapiezoresistive heater(s) 48 described hereinbelow with reference to FIG.3) to flash the analyte off the chip 10, or the like can be utilized toclean spent chips 10 prior to reuse.

The MEMS device 40 can include an array of cantilever elements (e.g.,microcantilevers) with integrated piezoelectric sensing elements thatprovide electrical actuation and sensing of resonance frequency. Forexample, FIG. 3 is a schematic of a cantilever element 45. Cantileverelement 45 includes coating 46, metal/piezoelectric sandwich 47, andsilicon with piezoresistive heater 48. Coating 46 (e.g., a polymercoating 46) can be operable for analyte absorption. Metal/piezoelectricsandwich 47 can provide drive/sense for frequency detection, impedancesensor, and temperature sensor. Piezoresistive heater 48 can provide forheat control (e.g., heat pulses). Resonance frequency, heat, and/orimpedance can be utilized to determine the concentration of the one ormore components of the wellbore servicing fluid 224. For example, FIG.4A, FIG. 4B, and FIG. 4C are pictorial representations depicting thecharacteristic resonance that various configurations of cantileverelement 45 can provide (resonance frequency (FIG. 4A), resonancefrequency and heat (FIG. 4B), and resonance frequency and heat andimpedance (FIG. 4C)). The resonances can be utilized to distinguish oneor more components of the wellbore servicing fluid 224.

The array of microcantilevers 45 can include, for each of the one ormore components, one or more microcantilevers 45 including a coating 46sensitive to an analyte specific to the each of the one or morecomponents (e.g., specific to the component itself or otherwiseindicative of the component). As depicted in FIG. 3, the coating 46 ofat least a portion of the array of microcantilevers 45 can includes apolymer. The MEMS device 40 can include a plurality of complementarychemical cantilevers 45 on each of the one or the plurality of MPS chipsor sensors 10.

In embodiments, the MEMS device 40 includes a Molecular PropertySpectrometer™ (MPS) chip 10, such as available from Nevada NanotechSystems of Reno, Nev. Such an MPS chip 10 can, in aspects, rapidly(e.g., within a second) create a large, rich dataset of chemicalinformation. Software can be utilized to identify the types of molecules(e.g., one or more components) present in the sample 224A of thewellbore servicing fluid 224.

Because the MEMS device 40 is a microelectromechanical system or MEMSdevice 40, it can have low power consumption, be minute in size (e.g.,micrometer or nanometer scale), have a light weight, and be robust forwellbore servicing applications. In aspects, in a span of milliseconds,the sensors 10 can heat to hundreds of degrees Celsius, make a varietyof high-precision thermal measurements, and cool down (e.g., to ambienttemperature). In aspects, various components of the MEMS device 40 canoperate to detect picogram-scale masses and/or measure temperature with0.01-degree resolution. In aspects, the MEMS device 40 can operate attemperatures in a range of from about −40° C. to 75° C. andnon-condensing humidity levels.

An MPS chip 10 can incorporate an array of microcantilevers 45 withintegrated piezoelectric sensing elements 47 that provide electricalactuation and sensing of resonance frequency. Monitoring resonance is ahighly sensitive way to measure very small masses of adsorbed analyte.An array of microcantilevers or sensors 45 can be electrically monitoredin a low-cost, robust fashion via the MPS chip 10 due to thepiezoelectric configuration provided by the MPS chip 10.

One or more of the microcantilevers 45 can include a built-in resistiveheater 48 whereby an assortment of thermal analyses (e.g. DifferentialScanning calorimetry or DSC) can be conducted. The resistive heater(s)48 can allow for the cleaning of each microcantilever 45/MPS chip 10after processing a sample 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224. Theresistors 48 can also enable temperature and flow compensation in orderto minimize noise and drift of the piezoelectric sensors 47 and furtherenhance sensitivity.

The selected polymer coatings 46 can have unique chemical and surfaceinteractions with the test sample 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid224. These unique chemical and surface interactions can be manifested inthe resonant frequency of the each cantilever element 45 in the MPS chip10. By using many different coatings 46, the resonance frequencyresponse of each cantilever element 46 can be designed to provide aunique signature for the chemical properties of the sample 224A. Anysuitable coating 46 that interacts with an analyte (e.g., each of theone or more components of the wellbore servicing fluid 224) to changethe resonance frequency can be utilized. The type of interactions caninclude sorption (e.g., the analyte (e.g., the component of the WSF 224)adsorbs or absorbs on the coating 46), dissolution/solvation (theanalyte dissolves or solvates the coating 46), precipitation (theanalyte precipitates on the coating 46) and/or other interactions. Thechemistry and concentration of the sample 224A of the WSF 224 may bedetermined using this technology. Additionally, the MEMS device 40 canprovide a heat source (e.g., piezoelectric heater 48) that allows thesignature to be thermally responsive. In some cases, impedance can beincluded (e.g., via metal/piezoelectric sandwich 47) in the MEMS device40 to better differentiate chemical species and concentration.

To facilitate a better understanding of the present invention, thefollowing examples of certain embodiments are given. In no way shouldthe following examples be read to limit, or define, the scope of theinvention. One or more embodiments of the present disclosure may beapplicable to any type of drilling operation including, but not limitedto, exploration, services or production operation for any type of wellsite or reservoir environment including subsurface and sub seaenvironments.

Although the following disclosure concentrates on wellbore servicingfluids used in drilling operations (for instance, drilling fluids or“muds”), the methods and tools can be extended for use in other contextsas well. For example, wellbore servicing fluids can be used in a varietyof subterranean operations, including stimulation treatments,conformance treatments, lost circulation treatments, hydraulicfracturing treatments, acidizing treatments, remediation treatments,scale removal treatments, scale inhibition treatments, and the like. Useof these terms herein does not imply any particular action by the fluidor any particular component thereof.

As used herein, the term “flow path” refers to a route through which anyfluid is capable of being transported between at least two points. Inone or more embodiments, the flow path need not be continuous orotherwise contiguous between the two points. Exemplary flow pathsinclude, but are not limited to, a flow line, a pipeline, productiontubing, drill string, work string, casing, a wellbore, an annulusdefined between a wellbore and any tubular arranged within the wellbore,a mud pit, a subterranean formation, any other suitable flow path,combinations thereof, or the like. The term “flow path” does notnecessarily imply that a fluid is flowing therein; rather, a fluid iscapable of being transported or otherwise flowable therethrough.

According to one or more aspects of the present disclosure, aninformation handling system or computer equipment may be employed. Forpurposes of this disclosure, an information handling system may includeany instrumentality or aggregate of instrumentalities operable tocompute, classify, process, transmit, receive, retrieve, originate,switch, store, display, manifest, detect, record, reproduce, handle, orutilize any form of information, intelligence, or data for business,scientific, control, or other purposes. For example, an informationhandling system may be a personal computer, a network storage device, orany other suitable device and may vary in size, shape, performance,functionality, and price. The information handling system may includerandom access memory (RAM), one or more processing resources such as acentral processing unit (CPU) or hardware or software control logic,ROM, and/or other types of nonvolatile memory. Additional components ofthe information handling system may include one or more disk drives, oneor more network ports for communication with external devices as well asvarious input and output (I/O) devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse, anda video display. The information handling system may also include one ormore buses operable to transmit communications between the varioushardware components.

Description of the wellbore servicing system of this disclosure will nowbe made with reference to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of awellbore servicing system 200, according to one or more aspects of thisdisclosure. In aspects, the wellbore servicing fluid 224 includes afracturing fluid, a cementitious fluid, a remedial fluid, a perforatingfluid, a sealant, a drilling fluid, a drill-in fluid, a spacer fluid, acompletion fluid, a gravel pack fluid, a diverter fluid, a gelationfluid, a polymeric fluid, an aqueous fluid, an oleaginous fluid, or acombination thereof. The wellbore servicing fluid 224 can be introducedinto a wellbore 218 at a volumetric flow rate of greater than or equalto about 3, 10, 20, 30, or 40 barrels per minute (BPM), or in a range offrom about 3 to about 40, from about 3 to about 20, from about 10 toabout 20, or from about 5 to about 20 BPM.

The one or more components of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 for whichthe concentration is determined during the wellbore servicing operationcan include any component of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 for whichknowledge of the concentration in the wellbore servicing fluid 224 isdesired and for which component or “analyte” a MEMS device is operableto detect (i.e., the MEMS device 40 includes one or more microcantileverelements 45 having a coating 46 sensitive to the component). Forexample, and without limitation, the one or more components can includea chemical additive, water, a gas, a hydrocarbon, a salt, or acombination thereof. In aspects, the one or more components include ashale inhibitor, a lubricant, an emulsifier, a viscosifier, a thinner, apolymer, a gas, an oil, a hydrocarbon, water, a biocide, a salt, acorrosion inhibitor, a bridging agent, a fluid loss control agent, pHcontrol agent, an antioxidant, an acid generator, or a combinationthereof. A MEMS device 40 can be configured to detect a plurality ofcomponents of the wellbore servicing fluid 224, in aspects. A pluralityof MEMS devices 40 can be utilized, in embodiments, as described furtherhereinbelow.

In aspects the determining of the concentration of the one or morecomponents of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 can further include:after contacting the sample 224A with the MEMS device 40 to provide thesample response, providing a treated sample by treating the sample 224A(e.g., or a volume of WSF 224 from which the sample 224A is taken) toselectively alter a response of the MEMS device 40 thereto; contactingthe treated sample with the MEMS device 40 to provide a treated sampleresponse; and utilizing a difference between the treated sample responseand the sample response with calibration curves to determine theconcentration of the one or more components of the wellbore servicingfluid 224. A variety of treatments can be utilized. Without limitation,treating to provide the treated sample can include treating with achemical additive that selectively alters the response of the MEMSdevice 40. The chemical additive can include, for example, an acid, abase, an enzyme, an oxidizer, a reducer, and anti-oxidant, an oxygenscavenger, a free radical source, a free radical trap, a chemicalreactant, a surfactant, a precipitant, a demulsifier, a flocculant, adeflocculant, or a combination thereof. In aspects, treating the samplecan include, treating with UV light, IR light, visible spectrum light,ultrasonic treatment, heat, microwaves, x-rays, laser light, or acombination thereof.

The sample 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 can include asolids-reduced sample 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224, whereinthe solids-reduced sample 224 of the wellbore servicing fluid 224includes a reduced amount of solids relative to the wellbore servicingfluid 224 from which the sample 224A is obtained. A solids reducedsample 224A of the WSF 224 can be obtained via a variety of methods,such as, without limitation, filtering or centrifuging the wellboreservicing fluid 224 from which the sample 224A is obtained to providethe solids-reduced sample 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224. Inaspects, wellbore servicing fluid filtrate (e.g., drilling fluidfiltrate) can be collected through standard filtration testing, and thesolids-reduced sample of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 can includethe wellbore servicing fluid filtrate (e.g., drilling fluid filtrate).This may allow for analysis of the concentration of salt, shaleinhibitor, and/or other small molecule additives, such as, withoutlimitation, biocides and corrosion inhibitors in water-based fluids. Thepresence of water in an oil-based filtrate can also be assayed, inaspects. While potentially fewer additives may be quantified in thismanner, compatibility of the sample 224A and the MEMS device 40 may begreater via utilization of a solids-reduced sample 224A.

The method can further include carrying out the determining of theconcentration of the one or more components of the WSF 224 at a certainfrequency, for example, at least once every sampling time period. Forexample, the sampling time period can be in a range of from about 0.01to about 24 hours, from about 1 minute to about 15 hours, or from about0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 minutes to about 0.1, 0.2, 0.3,0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, or 20hours. Any desired sampling frequency can be utilized via utilization ofan appropriate number and arrangement of chips 10 and/or MEMS devices40.

The concentration of the one or more components of the WSF 224determined via the MEMS device 40 can be utilized to calculate aparameter of the WSF 224. In such aspects, the adjusting or maintainingof the composition of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 being introducedinto the wellbore 218 and/or an operational parameter of the wellboreservicing operation based on the determining of the concentration of theone or more components can include adjusting or maintaining thecomposition of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 to have a desired valueof the parameter. For example, the parameter can include an oil to waterratio (OWR) of the wellbore servicing fluid 224, a density (e.g., solidsconcentration) of the wellbore servicing fluid 224, an emulsifiercontent, a water phase salinity (e.g., salt content of the water phase),a shale inhibitor content, viscosifier content, a fluid loss additivecontent, a lost circulation additive, a thinner content, a surfactantcontent, a combination thereof, or the like.

As noted above, FIG. 5 illustrates wellbore servicing system 200,including wellbore monitoring system 210, that may employ one or more ofthe methods described herein in order to characterize a wellbore fluidcomposition and provide optimal additive dosing and/or another response,according to one or more embodiments. The exemplary wellbore servicingsystem 200 includes a drilling platform 202 that supports a derrick 204having a traveling block 206 for raising and lowering a drill string208. A kelly 212 supports the drill string 208 as it is lowered througha rotary table 214. A drill bit 216 is attached to the distal end of thedrill string 208 and is driven either by a downhole motor and/or viarotation of the drill string 208 from the well surface 240. As the drillbit 216 rotates, it creates a wellbore 218 that penetrates varioussubterranean formation(s) 220. The example wellbore 218 shown in FIG. 5includes a vertical wellbore. However, a wellbore servicing system 200may include any combination of horizontal, vertical, slant, curved, orother wellbore orientations.

A pump 222 (for example, a mud pump) circulates wellbore servicing fluid224 through a feed pipe 226 and to the kelly 212, which conveys thewellbore servicing fluid 224 downhole (in the direction indicated byarrow A1) through an interior conduit 252 defined in the drill string208 and through one or more orifices 223 in the drill bit 216. Thewellbore servicing fluid 224 is then circulated back to the surface 240via an annulus 228 (in a direction indicated by arrow A2) definedbetween the drill string 208 and the walls of the wellbore 218. Theroute through which wellbore servicing fluid 224 circulates may bedescribed using one or more fluid flow paths 219. In one or moreembodiments, operation of wellbore servicing system 200 can includediverting wellbore servicing fluid 224 to fluid reclamation equipment232 and optimizing associated fluid reclamation equipment 232. The WSFreturned to the surface 240 can be introduced into one or more mud pits265, from which it can subsequently be pumped back to interior conduit252 via pump(s) 222 and feed pipe 226.

The wellbore servicing fluid 224 may carry out several functions, suchas, without limitation, lubrication of drill bit 216 and the mechanicalremoval of cuttings and solids. The wellbore servicing fluid 224 may beany wellbore servicing fluid known to those skilled in the art. In oneor more embodiments, for example, the wellbore servicing fluid 224 maybe or include water, such as a brine or the like, known to those skilledin the art. The wellbore servicing fluid 224 may be or include, but isnot limited to, municipal treated or fresh water, sea water, salt water(for example, water containing one or more salts dissolved therein)naturally-occurring brine, a chloride-based, bromide-based, orformate-based brine containing monovalent and/or polyvalent cations,aqueous solutions, non-aqueous solutions, base oils, and any combinationthereof Examples of chloride-based brines include sodium chloride andcalcium chloride. Examples of bromide-based brines include sodiumbromide, calcium bromide, and zinc bromide. Examples of formate-basedbrines include sodium formate, potassium formate, and cesium formate.

In aspects, the wellbore servicing fluid 224 can have monovalent and/orpolyvalent cations, alkali and alkaline earth metals, or combinationsthereof. Additional examples of suitable salts include LiCl, NaCl, KCl,NaBr, CaCl₂, CaBr₂, MgCl₂, ZnCl₂ MgBr₂, ZnBr₂, acetate salts, sodiumacetate, potassium acetate, ammonium chloride (NH₄Cl), calcium nitrate,potassium phosphate, sodium formate, potassium formate, rubidiumformate, cesium formate, or combinations thereof. In an aspect, the WSF224 includes a brine including the salt.

In an aspect, the base fluid of WSF 224 includes an aqueous fluid.Aqueous fluids that may be used in the WSF include any aqueous fluidsuitable for use in subterranean applications, provided that the aqueousfluid is compatible with the other components (e.g., shale inhibitor)used in the WSF 224. For example, the aqueous fluid may include water ora brine. In an aspect, the aqueous fluid includes an aqueous brine. Inan aspect, the WSF 224 suitable for use in the present disclosure mayinclude any suitable salt(s). In such aspect, the aqueous brinegenerally includes water and an inorganic monovalent salt, an inorganicmultivalent salt, or both. The aqueous brine may be naturally occurringor artificially-created. Water present in the brine may be from anysuitable source, examples of which include, but are not limited to, seawater, tap water, freshwater, water that is potable or non-potable,untreated water, partially treated water, treated water, produced water,city water, well-water, surface water, liquids including water-miscibleorganic compounds, and combinations thereof. The salt or salts in thewater may be present in an amount ranging from greater than about 0% byweight to a saturated salt solution, alternatively from about 1 wt. % toabout 30 wt. %, or alternatively from about 5 wt. % to about 10 wt. %,based on the weight of the salt solution. In an aspect, the salt orsalts in the water may be present within the base fluid in an amountsufficient to yield a saturated brine. As will be appreciated by one ofskill in the art, and with the help of this disclosure, the type andconcentration of salt solutions utilized as a base fluid is dependent onthe WSF 224 density (e.g., drilling fluid density, completion fluiddensity, etc.), which may range, without limitation, from about 8lb/gallon to about 20 lb/gallon, alternatively from about 10 lb/gallonto about 18 lb/gallon, or alternatively from about 12 lb/gallon to about16 lb/gallon.

Nonlimiting examples of aqueous brines suitable for use in the presentdisclosure include chloride-based, bromide-based, phosphate-based orformate-based brines containing monovalent and/or polyvalent cations,salts of alkali and alkaline earth metals, or combinations thereof.Additional examples of suitable brines include, but are not limited tobrines including salts such as LiCl, NaCl, KCl, NaBr, CaCl₂, CaBr₂,MgCl₂, ZnCl₂. MgBr₂, ZnBr₂, acetate salts, sodium acetate, potassiumacetate, ammonium chloride (NH₄Cl), calcium nitrate, potassiumphosphate, sodium formate, potassium formate, rubidium formate, cesiumformate, or combinations thereof. In an aspect, the base fluid includesa brine.

In an aspect, the base fluid of the WSF 224 includes an emulsion. Insuch aspect, the emulsion can be an oil-in-water emulsion including anon-oleaginous (e.g., an aqueous fluid of the type previously describedherein) continuous phase and an oleaginous (e.g., an oil-based fluid,such as for example an oleaginous fluid) discontinuous phase. Oleaginousfluids that may be used in the WSF 224 include any oleaginous fluidsuitable for use in subterranean applications, provided that theoleaginous fluid is compatible with the other components utilized in theWSF 224. Examples of oleaginous fluids suitable for use in a WSF 224include, but are not limited to, petroleum oils, natural oils,synthetically-derived oils, oxygenated fluids, or combinations thereofIn an aspect, the oleaginous fluid includes diesel oil, kerosene oil,mineral oil, synthetic oils, aliphatic hydrocarbons, polyolefins (e.g.,alpha olefins, linear alpha olefins and/or internal olefins), paraffins,silicone fluids, polydiorganosiloxanes, oxygenated solvents, esters,diesters of carbonic acid, alcohols, alcohol esters, ethers, ethyleneglycol, ethylene glycol monoalkyl ether, ethylene glycol dialkyl ether,or combinations thereof, wherein the alkyl groups are methyl, ethyl,propyl, butyl, and the like.

The base fluid may be present within the WSF 224 in any suitable amount.For example, the base fluid may be present within the WSF 224 in anamount of from about 10 wt. % to about 99 wt. %, alternatively fromabout 20 wt. % to about 95 wt. %, or alternatively from about 40 wt. %to about 90 wt. %, based on the total weight of the WSF 224.Alternatively, the base fluid may include the balance of the WSF 224after considering the amount of the other components used. As will beappreciated by one of skill in the art, and with the help of thisdisclosure, the amount of base fluid (e.g., aqueous base fluid) in theWSF 224 depends on the desired density of the WSF 224.

In aspects, the WSF 224 includes solids. For example, WSF 224 can be adrilling fluid, the density of which can be provided using a solidmaterial such as, without limitation, barite, hematite, calciumcarbonate, or the like. In aspects, the WSF 224 can have up to about 20,30, or 35 volume percent (vol %) of such solid components. In suchaspects, an oil based WSF 224 can include (or primarily include) oil,brine, and weighting materials (e.g., barite), optionally with othercomponents in smaller quantities. In other aspects, the WSF 224 is awater base WSF 224 absent the base oil.

In one or more embodiments, upon returning to the surface and exitingthe wellbore 218, the wellbore servicing fluid 224 may be conveyed toone or more servicing fluid reclamation equipment 232 fluidly coupled tothe annulus 228. The reclamation equipment 232 may be configured toreceive and rehabilitate the wellbore servicing fluid 224 in preparationfor its reintroduction into the wellbore 218, if desired. Thereclamation equipment 232 may include one or more filters or separationdevices configured to clean the wellbore servicing fluid 224. Thereclamation equipment 232 may include, for example, a shale shaker, acentrifuge, a diatomaceous earth filter, or the like.

In one or more embodiments, wellbore servicing system 200 can includeone or more instrument trucks 236, one or more pump trucks 238, and awellbore servicing fluid control subsystem 231. The wellbore servicingsystem 200 may perform one or more wellbore servicing operations.

The one or more pump trucks 238 may include any one or more of one ormore mobile vehicles, one or more immobile installations, one or moreskids, one or more hoses, one or more tubes, one or more fluid tanks,one or more fluid reservoirs, one or more pumps, one or more valves, oneor more mixers, or any other one or more types of structures andequipment. The one or more pump trucks 238 shown in FIG. 5 can supplywellbore servicing fluid 224 or other materials for the wellboreservicing operation. The one or more pump trucks 238 may convey thewellbore servicing fluid 224 downhole through the interior conduit 252defined in the drill string 208 and through one or more orifices in thedrill bit 216.

The one or more instrument trucks 236 may include mobile vehicles,immobile installations, or other structures. The one or more instrumenttrucks 236 shown in FIG. 5 include a wellbore servicing fluid controlsubsystem 231 that controls or monitors the wellbore servicing operationapplied by the wellbore servicing system 200. One or more communicationlinks 242 may communicatively couple the one or more instrument trucks236 to the one or more pump trucks 238, or other equipment at a groundsurface 240. In one or more embodiments, the one or more communicationlinks 242 may communicatively couple the one or more instrument trucks236 to one or more controllers 243 disposed at or about the wellbore,one or more sensors (such as surface sensors 258 and downhole sensors260, which can include one or more MEMS devices 40), other one or moredata collection apparatus in the wellbore servicing system 200, remotesystems, other well systems, any equipment installed in the wellbore218, other devices and equipment, or a combination thereof. In one ormore embodiments, the one or more communication links communicativelycouple the one or more instrument trucks 236 to the wellbore monitoringsystem 210, which may run one or more simulations and record simulationdata. The wellbore servicing system 200 may include a plurality ofuncoupled communication links 242 or a network of coupled communicationlinks 242. The communication links 242 may include direct or indirect,wired or wireless communications systems, or combinations thereof.

The wellbore servicing system 200 may also include one or more surfacesensors 258 and one or more downhole sensors 260 to measure a pressure,a rate, a temperature, a wellbore servicing fluid composition, and anyother parameters of wellbore servicing operations. According to thisdisclosure, at least one of the surface sensors 258 or the downholesensors 260 includes a MEMS device 40, as described hereinbove, operableto determine the concentration of the one or more components of the WSF224. Surface sensors 258 and downhole sensors 260 may include meters orother equipment that measure properties of one or more fluids in thewellbore 218 at or near the ground surface 240 level or at otherlocations. The wellbore servicing system 200 may include one or morepump controls 262 or other types of controls for starting, stopping,increasing, decreasing or otherwise controlling pumping as well ascontrols for selecting or otherwise controlling fluids pumped during thewellbore servicing operation. The wellbore servicing fluid controlsubsystem 231 may communicate with the one or more of one or moresurface sensors 258, one or more downhole sensors 260, the one or moreMEMS devices 40, one or more pump controls 262, and other equipment tomonitor and control the wellbore servicing operation.

The wellbore monitoring system 210 may include one or more informationhandling systems located at the wellbore 218 or any one or more otherlocations. The wellbore monitoring system 210 or any one or morecomponents of the wellbore monitoring system 210 may be located remotefrom any one or more of the other components shown in FIG. 5. Forexample, the wellbore monitoring system 210 may be located at a dataprocessing center, a computing facility, or another suitable location.The wellbore servicing system 200 may include additional or differentfeatures, and the features of the wellbore servicing system 200 may bearranged as shown in FIG. 5 or in another configuration.

In one or more embodiments, the wellbore servicing fluid controlsubsystem 231 shown in FIG. 5 controls operation of the wellboreservicing system 200. The wellbore servicing fluid control subsystem 231may include one or more data processing equipment, one or morecommunication equipment, or other systems that control the circulationand/or composition of the wellbore servicing fluids 224 through thewellbore 218. The wellbore servicing fluid control subsystem 231 may becommunicatively linked or communicatively coupled to the wellboremonitoring system 210, which may calculate, select, or optimize wellboreservicing operation parameters. The wellbore servicing fluid controlsubsystem 231 may receive, generate or modify a wellbore servicingoperation plan (for example, a pumping schedule, a wellbore servicingfluid composition, an additive dosing, etc.) that specifies parametersof a wellbore servicing operation to be applied to the wellbore 218.

The method of this disclosure includes adjusting or maintaining acomposition of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 being introduced intothe wellbore 218 and/or an operational parameter of the wellboreservicing operation based on the determining of the concentration of theone or more components. Such adjusting or maintaining of the wellboreservicing fluid 224 being introduced into the wellbore 218 and/or anoperational parameter of the wellbore servicing operation can be manualor automated. For example, the wellbore servicing fluid controlsubsystem 231 may select or modify (for example, increase or decrease)one or more compositions of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 (e.g., adosing rate/amount of one or more of the one or more components of thewellbore servicing fluid 224), one or more densities of the wellboreservicing fluid 224, one or more viscosities of the wellbore servicingfluid 224, and one or more other control parameters based on dataprovided by the MEMS device (s) 40. In one or more embodiments, dataprovided by the one or more MEMS device(s) 40 may be measured and themeasurements and/or results calculated therefrom displayed in real timeduring the wellbore servicing operation, for example, to an engineer orother operator of the wellbore servicing system 200. An appropriateresponse can be determined and effected either manually orautomatically.

In one or more embodiments, the techniques and operations describedherein may be implemented by one or more information handling systemsconfigured to provide the functionality described. In various instances,a computing system may include any of various types of devices,including, but not limited to, personal computer systems, desktopcomputers, laptops, notebooks, mainframe computer systems, handheldcomputers, workstations, tablets, application servers, computerclusters, distributed computing systems, storage devices, or any type ofcomputing or electronic device.

In aspects, the determining of the concentration of the one or morecomponents of the WSF 224 can be performed at an uphole location. Forexample, with reference to FIG. 5, a MEMS device 40 can be positionedalong an uphole flow path 219A via which the (“used”) WSF 224 flows fromannulus 228 back to interior conduit 252. For example, such a flow pathcan include mud pit inlet pipe 225 fluidly connecting annulus 228 withone or more mud pits 265, one or more mud pits 265, mud pit outlet pipe227 fluidly connecting the one or more mud pits 265 with one mud pump222, and feed pipe 226 fluidly connecting pump 222 with interior conduit252. In FIG. 5, a MEMS device 40A is shown, by way of example, on mudpit inlet line 225, a MEMS device 40B is shown on mud pit outlet line227, and a MEMS device 40C is shown on feed pipe 226. Other upholelocations present in a drilling or other wellbore servicing operation,which will be apparent to those of skill in the art with the help ofthis disclosure, are contemplated and within the scope of thisdisclosure.

The sample 224A of WSF 224 can be being taken from a volume of thewellbore servicing fluid 224 prior to introduction of the volume of thewellbore servicing fluid 224 into the wellbore 218 or subsequent passageof the volume of the wellbore servicing fluid in the wellbore. Forexample, a MEMS device 40 can be utilized to determine a composition of“fresh” WSF 224 at a production location therefor (e.g., at a liquid mudplant), such that the composition thereof can be utilized to check ifthe composition of the WSF 224 matches an expected composition of theWSF 224 based on a formulation thereof. In such a manner, a MEMS device40 can be utilized to confirm correct formulation mixing, potentiallymuch faster than traditional quality assurance testing. A MEMS device 40of this disclosure can be utilized to determine a composition of a“fresh” wellbore servicing fluid 224 prior to and/or subsequenttransport from the production location. For example, the system andmethod of this disclosure can be utilized, in aspects, to verify awellbore servicing fluid 224 composition appropriate to prevent settlingof components thereof during transport (e.g., via truck, boat, etc.)from the production location to a location of the wellbore 218.

In aspects, determining of the concentration of the one or morecomponents of the WSF 224 can be performed at a downhole location,wherein the sample 224A of WSF 224 is taken from a volume of thewellbore servicing fluid 224 downhole. For example, with reference toFIG. 5, a MEMS device 40 can be positioned along a downhole flow path219B via which the WSF 224 flows along interior conduit 252, throughdrill bit 216, and back up annulus 228. For example, as depicted in FIG.5, a MEMS device 40D can be positioned within a BHA 248, in aspects. Insuch aspects, the sample 224A of WSF 224 can be taken from a portion offlow path 219B via which the WSF 224 flows within interior conduit 252and/or a portion of flow path 219B that carries the WSF 224 from nozzles223 of drill bit 216 to a top of annulus 228.

The determining of the concentration of the one or more components canbe performed on samples 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 takenat two or more locations along a flow path (e.g., uphole flow path 219A,downhole flow path 219B) of the wellbore servicing fluid 224. In suchaspects, two or more MEMS devices 40 can be positioned along the flowpaths of wellbore servicing system 200. The two or more locations caninclude a first uphole location and a second uphole location. The firstuphole location can include a location along a portion of a flow path ofthe wellbore servicing fluid 224 from the production location thereforor from a fresh WSF 224 holding apparatus upstream of the wellbore 218,and the second uphole location can include a location along uphole flowpath 219A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 downstream of the wellbore218. For example, a MEMS device 40 can be utilized to determine aconcentration of the one or more components of the “fresh” WSF 224 at amud plant or elsewhere prior to introduction of the “fresh” WSF 224 intointerior conduit 252. Another MEMS device 40 (such as MEMS device 40A,MEMS device 40B, or MEMS device 40C) can be utilized to determine aconcentration of the one or more components of the WSF 224 after removalthereof from interior conduit 252. In this manner, a loss of the one ormore components upon passage through the wellbore 218 can be determinedand optionally monitored.

Adjusting or maintaining a composition of the wellbore servicing fluid224 being introduced into the wellbore 218 can include increasing,decreasing, or maintaining an amount of the one or more components inthe wellbore servicing fluid 224 being introduced into the wellbore 218when the determined concentration of the one or more components is lessthan, greater than, or substantially equal to, respectively, a desiredconcentration of the respective one or more components in the wellboreservicing fluid 224 being introduced into the wellbore 218. Anyadjustment can be manually effected or automated. In aspects, decreasinga concentration of the one or more components can include increasing anamount of one or more other components of the WSF 224, as will beapparent to those of skill in the art with the help of this disclosure.

A plurality of MPS chips 10/MEMS device(s) 40 can be utilized to providechemical additive content or concentration data of the WSF (e.g.,drilling fluid, completions fluid) 224 in real time. The composition ofthe WSF (e.g., drilling fluid, completions fluid) may be adjusted tomanage the WSF 224 (drilling fluid, completions fluid) chemistry and/oroperational parameters of the wellbore servicing (e.g., drillingoperation, completions operation) for optimal performance.

The method of this disclosure can be utilized to provide a diagnostictest. In such aspects, the determining of the concentration of the oneor more components of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 during thewellbore servicing operation can be utilized to diagnose the presence orabsence of an event occurring during the wellbore servicing operation.Without limitation, such an event can include fluid inflow (e.g., a gaskick), an event that increases torque and/or drag on the drill bit 216,fluid outflow (or “loss”), expansion/contraction of the wellbore 218(also referred to as “wellbore ballooning), or the like. In suchaspects, adjusting or maintaining the composition of the wellboreservicing fluid being introduced into the wellbore and/or an operationalparameter of the wellbore servicing operation based on the determiningof the concentration of the one or more components can be utilized toaddress the presence or absence of the event.

In aspects, the method can further include determining a composition ofa subterranean fluid, such as a formation fluid, via a MEMS device, asdescribed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ [4727-09100], beingfiled concurrently herewith, and entitled, “Methods to CharacterizeSubterranean Fluid Composition and Adjust Operating Conditions UsingMEMS Technology”, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated hereinin its entirety for purposes not contrary to this disclosure.

In aspects, a downhole tool can be activated based on the determining ofthe concentration of the one or more components of the wellboreservicing fluid, as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______[4727-09200], being filed concurrently herewith, and entitled, “Methodsto Activate Downhole Tools”, the disclosure of which is herebyincorporated herein in its entirety for purposes not contrary to thisdisclosure.

The method of this disclosure can be utilized to study the chemical andphysical interactions between the wellbore servicing fluid 224 and theformation 220, in aspects. In aspects, the method can be utilized inhydraulic management (e.g., by determining the concentration of one ormore components including a viscosifier, a thinner, or the like). Forexample, the method can be utilized to determine a buildup of lowgravity solids, a loss of shale inhibitor to cuttings, a shale inhibitorcontent in wellbore servicing fluid 224, a polymer content in a waterbased mud (WBM), an emulsifier content, or the like. A few examples areprovided in Example 1 and Example 2 hereinbelow.

In aspects, the WSF 224 is a completions fluid. Via aspects of theherein disclosed method, analysis of completion brines can be performedin real time with the MPS chips 10/MEMS device(s) 40. The concentrationof additives, for example, such as biocides, lubricants, or corrosioninhibitors can be monitored and an amount thereof in the completionsfluid 224 adjusted as needed based on measurements from the MPS chip10/MEMS device(s) 40. In aspects, for example, this technology can beutilized to determine crystallization temperatures of completionsbrines.

In aspects, wellbore servicing fluid 224 is a surface treatment fluid.For example, such surface treatment fluids include fluids for changingviscosifiers, cleaning chemicals, solid materials, such as calciumcarbonate, and surfactant concentrations, filtration of brines toachieve turbidity specifications, or the like.

Also disclosed herein is a method of dosing one or more components toprovide a wellbore servicing fluid 224 having a desired composition forintroduction into a wellbore 218. The method includes: determining aconcentration of the one or more components of the wellbore servicingfluid 224 in one or more samples 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid224; and adjusting or maintaining the dosing of the one or morecomponents based on the determining of the concentration of the one ormore components in the one or more samples 224A of the wellboreservicing fluid 224, wherein the determining of the concentration of theone or more components includes, for each of the one or more samples224A, contacting the sample 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224with a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device 40 to provide asample response indicative of the concentration of the one or morecomponents.

As described hereinabove, the one or more samples 224A can include anuphole sample 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 taken along aflow path of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 upstream of the wellbore(e.g., above a surface 240 and prior to introduction of the wellboreservicing fluid 224 into the wellbore 218); an uphole sample 224A of thewellbore servicing fluid 224 taken along a flow path of the wellboreservicing fluid 224 downstream of the wellbore (e.g., above surface 240and after passage of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 out of the annulus228/wellbore 218); a downhole sample 224A of the wellbore servicingfluid 224 taken along a flow path (e.g., downhole flow path 219B) of thewellbore servicing fluid 224 below a surface 240; or a combinationthereof.

Also disclosed herein is a method of servicing a wellbore 218 using MEMSconcentration determination method described hereinabove. The method ofservicing the wellbore 218 during the wellbore servicing operationincludes: fluidly coupling a pump 222 to a source of a wellboreservicing fluid 224 and to the wellbore 218; communicating wellboreservicing fluid 224 into a formation 220 in fluid communication with thewellbore 218 via the pump 222; and determining a concentration of one ormore components of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 in one or moresamples 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224; and adjusting ormaintaining the composition of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 beingcommunicated into the formation 220 and/or an operational parameter ofthe wellbore servicing operation based on the determining of theconcentration of the one or more components. As detailed hereinabove,the determining of the concentration of the one or more componentsincludes, for each of the one or more samples 224A, introducing thesample 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 to amicroelectromechanical system (MEMS) device 40 operable to provide asample response indicative of the concentration of the one or morecomponents.

In aspects, adjusting or maintaining the composition of the wellboreservicing fluid 224 being communicated into the formation 220 and/or anoperational parameter of the wellbore servicing operation based on thedetermining of the concentration of the one or more components of theWSF 224 includes adjusting or maintaining a dosing of the one or morecomponents into the wellbore servicing fluid 224 based on thedetermining of the concentration of the one or more components in theone or more samples 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224.

As noted hereinabove, the adjusting or maintaining the composition ofthe wellbore servicing fluid 224 being communicated into the formation220 and/or adjusting or maintaining the operational parameter of thewellbore servicing operation based on the determining of theconcentration of the one or more components can be at least partiallyautomated. The determining the concentration of one or more componentsof the wellbore servicing fluid 224 in the one or more samples 224A ofthe wellbore servicing fluid can be performed substantially in realtime.

The method can further include monitoring a trend in the determinedconcentration of one or more components of the wellbore servicing fluid224, and utilizing the monitoring of the trend in the adjusting ormaintaining of the composition of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 beingcommunicated into the formation 220 and/or in the adjusting ormaintaining of the operational parameter of the wellbore servicingoperation. Trending of the concentration of the one or more componentsof the wellbore servicing fluid 224 can be utilized to understand and/orpredict future consumption rates, dosing rates, and/or events. When aMEMS device 40 (e.g., MEMS device 40D) is positioned downhole,monitoring of trends can be utilized to manage the wellbore servicingsystem (e.g., adjust the composition of the WSF 224 being introducedinto the wellbore 218) and/or adjust an operational parameter of thewellbore servicing system prior to the WSF 224 returning uphole/tosurface 240.

Also disclosed herein is a system (e.g., wellbore servicing system 200)for servicing a wellbore 218. The system includes: at least onemicroelectromechanical system (MEMS) device 40 operable for determininga concentration of one or more components of a wellbore servicing fluid224 via a sample response indicative of the concentration of the one ormore components, wherein the sample response is obtained via contact ofa sample 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 with the MEMS device40; and a feedback system (e.g., wellbore servicing fluid control system231, wellbore monitoring system 210, communication link(s) 242) operableto adjust or maintain a composition of the wellbore servicing fluid 224being introduced into the wellbore 218 and/or an operational parameterof the wellbore servicing operation based on the determinedconcentration of the one or more components.

As noted hereinabove, the at least one MEMS device 40 can be locateduphole or downhole. The system (e.g., wellbore servicing system 200) caninclude a MEMS device 40 configured for determining of the concentrationof the one or more components at an uphole location on a sample 224A ofthe wellbore servicing fluid 224 taken from a volume of (“fresh”)wellbore servicing fluid 224 prior to introduction of the volume of thewellbore servicing fluid 224 into the wellbore 218; a MEMS device 40(e.g., MEMS device 40A, MEMS device 40B, and/or MEMS device 40C)configured for determining of the concentration of the one or morecomponents of the (“used”) WSF 224 at an uphole location on a sample224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224 taken from a volume of thewellbore servicing fluid 224 subsequent passage of the volume of thewellbore servicing fluid 224 in the wellbore 218; a MEMS device 40(e.g., MEMS device 40D) configured for determining of the concentrationof the one or more components at a downhole location on a sample 224A ofthe wellbore servicing fluid 224 taken from a volume of the wellboreservicing fluid 224 downhole; or a combination thereof.

The system can include a first MEMS device 40 at a first uphole locationand a second MEMS device 40 located at a second uphole location, whereinthe first uphole location includes a location along a flow path of(“fresh”) wellbore servicing fluid 224 upstream of the wellbore 218, andwherein the second uphole location includes a location along the flowpath of the (“used”) wellbore servicing fluid 224 downstream of thewellbore 218.

The system can, in aspects, provide real time determining of theconcentration of the one or more components of the wellbore servicingfluid 224. The system can be at least partially automated.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate variousbenefits that may be realized by the present disclosure. The hereindisclosed method provides for determining a concentration of one or morecomponents of a wellbore servicing fluid 224 during a wellbore servicingoperation; and adjusting or maintaining a composition of the wellboreservicing fluid 224 being introduced into a wellbore 218 and/or anoperational parameter of the wellbore servicing operation based on thedetermining of the concentration of the one or more components, whereinthe determining of the concentration of the one or more componentsincludes contacting a sample 224A of the wellbore servicing fluid 224with a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device 40 to provide asample response indicative of the concentration of the one or morecomponents. The method can enable real time and/or automated dosing ofone or more components of a wellbore servicing fluid 224 and/or realtime and/or automated adjustment of the operation parameter of thewellbore servicing operation.

EXAMPLES

The embodiments having been generally described, the following examplesare given as particular embodiments of the disclosure and to demonstratethe practice and advantages thereof. It is understood that the examplesare given by way of illustration and are not intended to limit thespecification or the claims in any manner.

Examples Example 1: Shale Inhibitor

In aspects, the one or more components of the WSF 224 include a shaleinhibitor. In such aspects, adjusting or maintaining the composition ofthe wellbore servicing fluid 224 can include increasing, decreasing, ormaintaining an amount of the (or another) shale inhibitor in thewellbore servicing fluid 224 being introduced into the wellbore 218 whenthe determined concentration of the shale inhibitor is less than,greater than, or substantially equal to, respectively, a desiredconcentration of the shale inhibitor in the wellbore servicing fluid 224being introduced into the wellbore 218.

In some such aspects, the method can further include: measuring torqueand/or drag on drill bit 216, equivalent circulating density (ECD),bentonite equivalent (e.g., methylene blue dye test (MBT)), specificgravity of recovered wellbore servicing fluid 224, and/or a pressurewhile drilling (PWD) in the wellbore 218. The determined concentrationof the shale inhibitor can be utilized with the measured torque and/ordrag on drill bit 216, equivalent circulating density (ECD), methyleneblue dye (MBT), specific gravity of recovered wellbore servicing fluid224, and/or PWD to trouble shoot a cuttings transport or well-borestability issue. In such aspects, adjusting or maintaining a compositionof the wellbore servicing fluid 224 being introduced into the wellbore218 and/or an operational parameter of the wellbore servicing operationbased on the determining of the concentration of the one or morecomponents can include adjusting or maintaining a composition of thewellbore servicing fluid 224 being introduced into the wellbore and/oradjusting an operational parameter of the wellbore servicing operationto address the cuttings transport or well-bore stability issue. Thedetermined shale inhibitor content can be matched to shale propertiesfrom, for example, cuttings analysis or geology. In this manner,wellbore drilling fluid-shale interactions may be studied, for example,by utilizing the sensors 10 to detect the interaction of shale with asmall molecule such as shale inhibitor). This data, along with otherdrilling data and operational parameters can give insight into whatspecific interactions are occurring down-hole and if adjustments need tobe made to the drilling fluid composition and/or operational parametersfor improved drilling. For example, if a specific gravity of recoveredwellbore servicing fluid 224 (e.g., wellbore servicing fluid 224 removedfrom annulus 228) and/or MBT is increasing, thus indicating a potentialneed for additional shale inhibitor in the WSF 224, and the MEMS device40 determines that the content of shale inhibitor is not below a desiredamount, it can be deduced that the problem being experienced is notrelated to the shale inhibitor content, but some other issue, such as,without limitation, a mud density issue. In similar manner, the methodof this disclosure can be utilized diagnostically for a great variety ofwellbore servicing issues and associated wellbore servicing fluids 224.

By providing a method of determining the concentration of shaleinhibitor, the herein disclosed method can be utilized for claystabilization (e.g., to adjust a composition of the wellbore servicingfluid 224 to provide appropriate stabilization chemistry thereof).

Example 2: Lubricant

In aspects, the one or more components include a lubricant. In suchaspects, adjusting or maintaining the composition of the wellboreservicing fluid 224 and/or adjusting an operational parameter of thewellbore servicing operation can include increasing, decreasing, ormaintaining an amount of the lubricant in the wellbore servicing fluid224 being introduced into the wellbore 218 when the determinedconcentration of the lubricant is less than, greater than, orsubstantially equal to, respectively, a desired concentration of thelubricant in the wellbore servicing fluid 224 being introduced into thewellbore 218. In some such aspects, the method can further includemeasuring the torque and/or drag on the drill bit 216, and utilizing thedetermined concentration of the lubricant to trouble shoot a source ofan increase in the torque and/or the drag, respectively. For example, ifthe determined lubricant concentration is low and the torque and/or dragare high, an amount of lubricant in the wellbore servicing fluid 224being introduced into the wellbore 218 can be increased. Alternatively,determining that the lubricant concentration is not low and the torqueand/or drag are high can be utilized to diagnose a source of theelevated torque and/or drag (i.e., by confirming that the source of theincreased torque and/or drag being encountered is not due to a lowlubricant concentration). Should the lubricant content be at a maximum,and the torque and/or drag elevated, adjusting the operational parametercan include, for example, reducing a weight on bit to prevent casingwear and the like. For example, in some cases, torque and drag may be anindication of cuttings build up (e.g., drilling faster than cuttings canbe effectively removed from the wellbore). In such instances, the ROP(rate of penetration) may be decreased and/or the density or rheology ofthe drilling fluid 224 increased to improve the cuttings transportcharacteristics of the WSF 224.

Additional Disclosure

The following are non-limiting, specific embodiments in accordance withthe present disclosure:

In a first embodiment, a method comprises determining a concentration ofone or more components of a wellbore servicing fluid during a wellboreservicing operation; and adjusting or maintaining a composition of thewellbore servicing fluid being introduced into a wellbore and/or anoperational parameter of the wellbore servicing operation based on thedetermining of the concentration of the one or more components, whereinthe determining of the concentration of the one or more componentscomprises contacting a sample of the wellbore servicing fluid with amicroelectromechanical system (MEMS) device to provide a sample responseindicative of the concentration of the one or more components.

A second embodiment can include the method of the first embodiment,wherein the MEMS device comprises a sensor having microcantilever-basedself-sensing array (SSA) technology.

A third embodiment can include the method of the second embodiment,wherein the sensor comprises an array of microcantilevers withintegrated piezoelectric sensing elements that provide electricalactuation and sensing of resonance frequency.

A fourth embodiment can include the method of the third embodiment,wherein the array of microcantilevers include, for each of the one ormore components, one or more microcantilevers comprising a coatingsensitive to an analyte specific to the each of the one or morecomponents.

A fifth embodiment can include the method of the fourth embodiment,wherein the coating of at least a portion of the array ofmicrocantilevers comprises a polymer.

A sixth embodiment can include the method of any of the first to fifthembodiments, wherein the sample response is provided via resonancefrequency, heat, impedance, or a combination thereof within the MEMSdevice.

A seventh embodiment can include the method of any of the first toseventh embodiments, wherein the one or more components comprise achemical additive.

An eighth embodiment can include the method of any one of the first toseventh embodiments, wherein the one or more components comprise a shaleinhibitor, a lubricant, an emulsifier, a viscosifier, a thinner, apolymer, a gas, an oil, a hydrocarbon, water, a biocide, a salt, acorrosion inhibitor, a bridging agent, a fluid loss control agent, pHcontrol agent, an antioxidant, an acid generator, or a combinationthereof.

A ninth embodiment can include the method of any one of the first toeighth embodiments, wherein the one or more components comprise alubricant, and wherein the method further comprises: measuring torqueand/or drag on a drill bit in the wellbore; and utilizing the determinedconcentration of the lubricant to trouble shoot a source of an increasein the torque and/or the drag, respectively.

A tenth embodiment can include the method of any one of the first toninth embodiments, wherein adjusting or maintaining a composition of thewellbore servicing fluid being introduced into the wellbore comprisesincreasing, decreasing, or maintaining an amount of the one or morecomponents in the wellbore servicing fluid being introduced into thewellbore when the determined concentration of the one or more componentsis less than, greater than, or substantially equal to, respectively, adesired concentration of the respective one or more components in thewellbore servicing fluid being introduced into the wellbore.

An eleventh embodiment can include the method of the tenth embodiment,wherein the one or more components comprise a shale inhibitor, andwherein adjusting or maintaining a composition of the wellbore servicingfluid comprises increasing, decreasing, or maintaining an amount of theshale inhibitor in the wellbore servicing fluid being introduced intothe wellbore when the determined concentration of the shale inhibitor isless than, greater than, or substantially equal to, respectively, adesired concentration of the shale inhibitor in the wellbore servicingfluid being introduced into the wellbore.

A twelfth embodiment can include the method of any one of the first toeleventh embodiments, wherein the determining of the concentration ofthe one or more components is performed at an uphole location, andwherein the sample is taken from a volume of the wellbore servicingfluid prior to introduction of the volume of the wellbore servicingfluid into the wellbore; wherein the determining of the concentration ofthe one or more components is performed at an uphole location, andwherein the sample is taken from a volume of the wellbore servicingfluid subsequent passage of the volume of the wellbore servicing fluidin the wellbore; wherein the determining of the concentration of the oneor more components is performed at a downhole location, and wherein thesample is taken from a volume of the wellbore servicing fluid downhole;or a combination thereof.

A thirteenth embodiment can include the method of any one of the firstto twelfth embodiments, wherein the determining of the concentration ofthe one or more components is performed on samples of the wellboreservicing fluid taken at two or more locations along a flow path of thewellbore servicing fluid.

A fourteenth embodiment can include the method of the thirteenthembodiment, wherein the two or more locations include a first upholelocation and a second uphole location, wherein the first uphole locationcomprises a location along the flow path of the wellbore servicing fluidupstream of the wellbore, and wherein the second uphole locationcomprises a location along the flow path of the wellbore servicing fluiddownstream of the wellbore.

A fifteenth embodiment can include the method of any one of the first tofourteenth embodiments, wherein the determining of the concentration ofthe one or more components of the wellbore servicing fluid furthercomprises: after contacting the sample with the MEMS device to providethe sample response, providing a treated sample by treating the sampleto selectively alter a response of the MEMS device; contacting thetreated sample with the MEMS device to provide a treated sampleresponse; and utilizing a difference between the treated sample responseand the sample response with calibration curves to determine theconcentration of the one or more components of the wellbore servicingfluid.

A sixteenth embodiment can include the method of the fifteenthembodiment, wherein treating the sample further comprises treating thesample with a chemical additive that selectively alters the response ofthe MEMS device, subjecting the sample to ultraviolet light, IR light,visible spectrum light, heat, microwaves, x-rays, laser light,ultrasonic treatment of the sample, or a combination thereof.

A seventeenth embodiment can include the method of the sixteenthembodiment, wherein the chemical additive comprises an acid, a base, anenzyme, an oxidizer, a reducer, and anti-oxidant, an oxygen scavenger, afree radical source, a free radical trap, a chemical reactant, asurfactant, a precipitant, a demulsifier, a flocculant, a deflocculant,or a combination thereof.

An eighteenth embodiment can include the method of any one of the firstto seventeenth embodiments, wherein the sample of the wellbore servicingfluid comprises a solids-reduced sample of the wellbore servicing fluid,wherein the solids-reduced sample of the wellbore servicing fluidcomprises a reduced amount of solids relative to the wellbore servicingfluid from which the sample is obtained.

A nineteenth embodiment can include the method of the eighteenthembodiment further comprising filtering the wellbore servicing fluidfrom which the sample is obtained to provide the solids-reduced wellboreservicing fluid.

A twentieth embodiment can include the method of any one of the first tonineteenth embodiments further comprising carrying out the determiningat least once every sampling time period, wherein the sampling timeperiod is in a range of from 0.01 to 24 hours.

A twenty first embodiment can include the method of any one of the firstto twentieth embodiments, wherein the wellbore servicing fluid comprisesa fracturing fluid, a cementitious fluid, a remedial fluid, aperforating fluid, a sealant, a drilling fluid, a drill-in fluid, aspacer fluid, a completion fluid, a gravel pack fluid, a diverter fluid,a gelation fluid, a polymeric fluid, an aqueous fluid, an oleaginousfluid, or a combination thereof.

A twenty second embodiment can include the method of the twenty firstembodiment, wherein the wellbore servicing fluid is introduced into thewellbore at a volumetric flow rate of greater than or equal to about 3,10, 20, 30, or 40 barrels per minute (BPM), or in a range of from about3 to about 40, from about 3 to about 20, from about 10 to about 20, orfrom about 5 to about 20 BPM.

A twenty third embodiment can include the method of any one of the firstto twenty second embodiments further comprising calculating a parameterof the wellbore servicing fluid based on the determined concentration ofthe one or more components, and wherein the adjusting or maintaining thecomposition of the wellbore servicing fluid being introduced into thewellbore and/or the operational parameter of the wellbore servicingoperation based on the determining of the concentration of the one ormore components comprises adjusting or maintaining the composition ofthe wellbore servicing fluid to have a desired value of the parameter.

A twenty fourth embodiment can include the method of the twenty thirdembodiment, wherein the parameter comprises an oil to water ratio (OWR)of the wellbore servicing fluid, a solids concentration of the wellboreservicing fluid, a salinity, a pH value, an additive concentration, alubricity value, a rheological parameter, a desired filtration control,an excess of lime, an Electrical Stability (ES) value, an alkalinityvalue, a salinity value, or a combination thereof.

In a twenty fifth embodiment, a method of dosing one or more componentsto provide a wellbore servicing fluid having a desired composition forintroduction into a wellbore comprises: determining a concentration ofthe one or more components of the wellbore servicing fluid in one ormore samples of the wellbore servicing fluid; and adjusting ormaintaining the dosing of the one or more components based on thedetermining of the concentration of the one or more components in theone or more samples of the wellbore servicing fluid, wherein thedetermining of the concentration of the one or more componentscomprises, for each of the one or more samples, contacting the sample ofthe wellbore servicing fluid with a microelectromechanical system (MEMS)device to provide a sample response indicative of the concentration ofthe one or more components.

A twenty sixth embodiment can include the method of the twenty fifthembodiment, wherein the one or more samples comprise an uphole sample ofthe wellbore servicing fluid taken along a flow path of the wellboreservicing fluid upstream of the wellbore; an uphole sample of thewellbore servicing fluid taken along a flow path of the wellboreservicing fluid downstream of the wellbore; a downhole sample of thewellbore servicing fluid taken along a flow path of the wellboreservicing fluid below a surface of the wellbore; or a combinationthereof.

In a twenty seventh embodiment, a method of servicing a wellbore duringa wellbore servicing operation comprises: fluidly coupling a pump to asource of a wellbore servicing fluid and to the wellbore; communicatingwellbore servicing fluid into a formation in fluid communication withthe wellbore via the pump; determining a concentration of one or morecomponents of the wellbore servicing fluid in one or more samples of thewellbore servicing fluid; and adjusting or maintaining a composition ofthe wellbore servicing fluid being communicated into the wellbore and/oran operational parameter of the wellbore servicing operation based onthe determining of the concentration of the one or more components,wherein the determining of the concentration of the one or morecomponents comprises, for each of the one or more samples, contactingthe sample of the wellbore servicing fluid with a microelectromechanicalsystem (MEMS) device to provide a sample response indicative of theconcentration of the one or more components.

A twenty eighth embodiment can include the method of the twenty seventhembodiment, wherein adjusting or maintaining the composition of thewellbore servicing fluid being communicated into the wellbore and/or anoperational parameter of the wellbore servicing operation based on thedetermining of the concentration of the one or more components comprisesadjusting or maintaining a dosing of the one or more components into thewellbore servicing fluid based on the determining of the concentrationof the one or more components in the one or more samples of the wellboreservicing fluid.

A twenty ninth embodiment can include the method of any one of thetwenty seventh or twenty eighth embodiments, wherein the adjusting ormaintaining the composition of the wellbore servicing fluid beingcommunicated into the wellbore and/or an operational parameter of thewellbore servicing operation based on the determining of theconcentration of the one or more components is at least partiallyautomated.

A thirtieth embodiment can include the method of any one of the twentyseventh to twenty ninth embodiments, wherein the determining theconcentration of one or more components of the wellbore servicing fluidin the one or more samples of the wellbore servicing fluid is performedsubstantially in real time.

A thirty first embodiment can include the method of any one of thetwenty seventh to thirtieth embodiments further comprising monitoring atrend in the determined concentration of one or more components of thewellbore servicing fluid in the one or more samples of the wellboreservicing fluid, and utilizing the monitoring of the trend in theadjusting or maintaining of the composition of the wellbore servicingfluid being communicated into the wellbore and/or the operationalparameter of the wellbore servicing operation.

In a thirty second embodiment, a system for servicing a wellborecomprises: at least one microelectromechanical system (MEMS) deviceoperable for determining a concentration of one or more components of awellbore servicing fluid via a sample response indicative of theconcentration of the one or more components, wherein the sample responseis obtained via contact of a sample of the wellbore servicing fluid withthe MEMS device during a wellbore servicing operation; and a feedbacksystem operable to adjust or maintain a composition of the wellboreservicing fluid being introduced into the wellbore and/or an operationalparameter of the wellbore servicing operation based on the determinedconcentration of the one or more components.

A thirty third embodiment can include the system of the thirty secondembodiment, wherein the at least one MEMS device is located uphole ordownhole.

A thirty fourth embodiment can include the system of any one of thethirty second or thirty third embodiments, comprising: a MEMS deviceconfigured for determining of the concentration of the one or morecomponents at an uphole location on a sample of the wellbore servicingfluid taken from a volume of the wellbore servicing fluid prior tointroduction of the volume of the wellbore servicing fluid into thewellbore; a MEMS device configured for determining of the concentrationof the one or more components at an uphole location on a sample of thewellbore servicing fluid taken from a volume of the wellbore servicingfluid subsequent passage of the volume of the wellbore servicing fluidin the wellbore; a MEMS device configured for determining of theconcentration of the one or more components at a downhole location on asample taken from a volume of the wellbore servicing fluid downhole; ora combination thereof.

A thirty fifth embodiment can include the system of any one of thethirty second to thirty fourth embodiments, comprising a first MEMSdevice at a first uphole location and a second MEMS device located at asecond uphole location, wherein the first uphole location comprises alocation along a flow path of the wellbore servicing fluid upstream ofthe wellbore, and wherein the second uphole location comprises alocation along the flow path of the wellbore servicing fluid downstreamof the wellbore.

A thirty sixth embodiment can include the system of any one of thethirty second to thirty fifth embodiments, wherein the system providesreal time determining of the concentration of the one or more componentsof the wellbore servicing fluid.

A thirty seventh embodiment can include the system of any one of thethirty second to thirty sixth embodiments, wherein the system is atleast partially automated.

While embodiments have been shown and described, modifications thereofcan be made by one skilled in the art without departing from the spiritand teachings of this disclosure. The embodiments described herein areexemplary only, and are not intended to be limiting. Many variations andmodifications of the embodiments disclosed herein are possible and arewithin the scope of this disclosure. Where numerical ranges orlimitations are expressly stated, such express ranges or limitationsshould be understood to include iterative ranges or limitations of likemagnitude falling within the expressly stated ranges or limitations(e.g., from about 1 to about 10 includes, 2, 3, 4, etc.; greater than0.10 includes 0.11, 0.12, 0.13, etc.). For example, whenever a numericalrange with a lower limit, Rl, and an upper limit, Ru, is disclosed, anynumber falling within the range is specifically disclosed. Inparticular, the following numbers within the range are specificallydisclosed: R=Rl+k*(Ru−Rl), wherein k is a variable ranging from 1percent to 100 percent with a 1 percent increment, i.e., k is 1 percent,2 percent, 3 percent, 4 percent, 5 percent, . . . 50 percent, 51percent, 52 percent, . . . , 95 percent, 96 percent, 97 percent, 98percent, 99 percent, or 100 percent. Moreover, any numerical rangedefined by two R numbers as defined in the above is also specificallydisclosed. Use of the term “optionally” with respect to any element of aclaim is intended to mean that the subject element is required, oralternatively, is not required. Both alternatives are intended to bewithin the scope of the claim. Use of broader terms such as includes,includes, having, etc. should be understood to provide support fornarrower terms such as consisting of, consisting essentially of,included substantially of, etc.

Accordingly, the scope of protection is not limited by the descriptionset out above but is only limited by the claims which follow, that scopeincluding all equivalents of the subject matter of the claims. Each andevery claim is incorporated into the specification as an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. Thus, the claims are a further description andare an addition to the embodiments of the present disclosure. Thediscussion of a reference herein is not an admission that it is priorart, especially any reference that may have a publication date after thepriority date of this application. The disclosures of all patents,patent applications, and publications cited herein are herebyincorporated by reference, to the extent that they provide exemplary,procedural, or other details supplementary to those set forth herein.

1. A method comprising: determining a concentration of one or morecomponents of a wellbore servicing fluid during a wellbore servicingoperation, wherein the one or more components comprise a lubricant, andwherein determining the concentration of the one or more components ofthe wellbore servicing fluid comprises determining a concentration ofthe lubricant; and adjusting or maintaining a composition of thewellbore servicing fluid being introduced into a wellbore and/or anoperational parameter of the wellbore servicing operation based on thedetermining of the concentration lubricant, wherein the determining ofthe concentration of the one or more components comprises contacting asample of the wellbore servicing fluid with a microelectromechanicalsystem (MEMS) device to provide a sample response indicative of theconcentration of the one or more components, wherein the MEMS devicecomprises a sensor having microcantilever-based self-sensing array (SSA)technology, wherein the sensor comprises an array of microcantileverswith integrated piezoelectric sensing elements that provide electricalactuation and sensing of resonance frequency, and wherein thedetermining of the concentration of the one or more components isperformed at a location below a surface of the wellbore, wherein thesample is taken from a volume of the wellbore servicing fluid below thesurface of the wellbore, measuring torque and/or drag on a drill bit inthe wellbore; and utilizing the determined concentration of thelubricant to trouble shoot a source of an increase in the torque and/orthe drag, respectively, wherein trouble shooting the source of theincrease in the torque and/or the drag comprises: if the determinedconcentration of the lubricant is low, adjusting the composition of thewellbore servicing fluid being introduced into the wellbore byincreasing an amount of the or another lubricant in the wellboreservicing fluid being introduced into the wellbore; and if thedetermined concentration of the lubricant is not low, diagnosing thesource of the elevated torque and/or drag as other than a low lubricantconcentration. 2.-3. (canceled)
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein thearray of microcantilevers include, for each of the one or morecomponents, one or more microcantilevers comprising a coating sensitiveto an analyte specific to the each of the one or more components,wherein contacting the sample of the wellbore servicing fluid with theMEMS device to provide the sample response comprises contacting thecoating with the sample of the wellbore servicing fluid.
 5. The methodof claim 1, wherein the one or more components comprise a shaleinhibitor, a lubricant, an emulsifier, a viscosifier, a thinner, apolymer, an oil, a hydrocarbon, water, a biocide, a salt, a corrosioninhibitor, a bridging agent, a fluid loss control agent, pH controlagent, an antioxidant, an acid generator, or a combination thereof. 6.The method of claim 1, wherein the determined concentration of thelubricant is at a maximum, and the method further comprises: adjustingthe operational parameter by reducing a weight on bit or decreasing arate of penetration (ROP); and/or adjusting the composition of thewellbore servicing fluid by increasing the density or rheology of thewellbore servicing fluid to improve cuttings transport characteristicsof the wellbore servicing fluid.
 7. The method of claim 1, whereinadjusting or maintaining a composition of the wellbore servicing fluidbeing introduced into the wellbore comprises increasing, decreasing, ormaintaining an amount of the one or more components in the wellboreservicing fluid being introduced into the wellbore when the determinedconcentration of the one or more components is less than, greater than,or substantially equal to, respectively, a desired concentration of therespective one or more components in the wellbore servicing fluid beingintroduced into the wellbore.
 8. The method of claim 1 furthercomprising: determining the concentration of the one or more componentsat an above ground location, on a sample of the wellbore servicing fluidtaken from a volume of the wellbore servicing fluid prior tointroduction of the volume of the wellbore servicing fluid into thewellbore; determining the concentration of the one or more components atan above ground location, on a sample of the wellbore servicing fluidtaken from a volume of the wellbore servicing fluid subsequent passageof the volume of the wellbore servicing fluid in the wellbore; or acombination thereof.
 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determiningof the concentration of the one or more components is performed onsamples of the wellbore servicing fluid taken at two or more locationsalong a flow path of the wellbore servicing fluid.
 10. The method ofclaim 9, wherein the two or more locations include a first locationabove a surface of the wellbore and a second location above the surfaceof the wellbore, wherein the first location comprises a location alongthe flow path of the wellbore servicing fluid upstream of the wellbore,and wherein the second location comprises a location along the flow pathof the wellbore servicing fluid downstream of the wellbore.
 11. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the wellbore servicing fluid comprises afracturing fluid, a cementitious fluid, a remedial fluid, a perforatingfluid, a sealant, a drilling fluid, a drill-in fluid, a spacer fluid, acompletion fluid, a gravel pack fluid, a diverter fluid, a gelationfluid, a polymeric fluid, an aqueous fluid, an oleaginous fluid, or acombination thereof.
 12. The method of claim 1 further comprisingcalculating a parameter of the wellbore servicing fluid based on thedetermined concentration of the one or more components, and wherein theadjusting or maintaining the composition of the wellbore servicing fluidbeing introduced into the wellbore and/or the operational parameter ofthe wellbore servicing operation based on the determining of theconcentration of the one or more components comprises adjusting ormaintaining the composition of the wellbore servicing fluid to have adesired value of the parameter.
 13. The method of claim 1 furthercomprising monitoring a trend in the determined concentration of one ormore components of the wellbore servicing fluid, and utilizing themonitoring of the trend in the adjusting or maintaining of thecomposition of the wellbore servicing fluid being communicated into thewellbore and/or the operational parameter of the wellbore servicingoperation.
 14. A method of dosing one or more components to provide awellbore servicing fluid having a desired composition for introductioninto a wellbore, the method comprising: determining a concentration ofthe one or more components of the wellbore servicing fluid in one ormore samples of the wellbore servicing fluid, wherein the one or morecomponents comprise a lubricant, and wherein determining theconcentration of the one or more components of the wellbore servicingfluid comprises determining a concentration of the lubricant; andadjusting or maintaining the dosing of the one or more components basedon the determining of the concentration of the lubricant, wherein thedetermining of the concentration of the one or more componentscomprises, for each of the one or more samples, contacting the sample ofthe wellbore servicing fluid with a microelectromechanical system (MEMS)device to provide a sample response indicative of the concentration ofthe one or more components, wherein the MEMS device comprises a sensorhaving microcantilever-based self-sensing array (SSA) technology,wherein the sensor comprises an array of microcantilevers withintegrated piezoelectric sensing elements that provide electricalactuation and sensing of resonance frequency, wherein the determining ofthe concentration of the one or more components is performed at alocation below a surface of the wellbore, and wherein the sample istaken from a volume of the wellbore servicing fluid below the surface ofthe wellbore, measuring torque and/or drag on a drill bit in thewellbore; and utilizing the determined concentration of the lubricant totrouble shoot a source of an increase in the torque and/or the drag,respectively, wherein trouble shooting the source of the increase in thetorque and/or the drag comprises: if the determined concentration of thelubricant is low, adjusting the composition of the wellbore servicingfluid being introduced into the wellbore by increasing an amount of theor another lubricant in the wellbore servicing fluid being introducedinto the wellbore; and if the determined concentration of the lubricantis not low, diagnosing the source of the elevated torque and/or drag asother than a low lubricant concentration.
 15. The method of claim 14further comprising determining the concentration of the one or morecomponents in one or more samples of the wellbore servicing fluid takenabove ground along a flow path of the wellbore servicing fluid upstreamof the wellbore; determining the concentration of the one or morecomponents in one or more samples of the wellbore servicing fluid takenabove ground along a flow path of the wellbore servicing fluiddownstream of the wellbore; or a combination thereof.
 16. A system forservicing a wellbore, the system comprising: at least onemicroelectromechanical system (MEMS) device operable for determining aconcentration of one or more components of a wellbore servicing fluidvia a sample response indicative of the concentration of the one or morecomponents, wherein the sample response is obtained via contact of asample of the wellbore servicing fluid with the MEMS device during awellbore servicing operation, wherein the MEMS device comprises a sensorhaving microcantilever-based self-sensing array (SSA) technology,wherein the sensor comprises an array of microcantilevers withintegrated piezoelectric sensing elements that provide electricalactuation and sensing of resonance frequency, wherein the MEMS device islocated at a location below a surface of the wellbore and configured totake the sample from a volume of the wellbore servicing fluid below thesurface of the wellbore, wherein the one or more components comprise alubricant, and wherein determining the concentration of the one or morecomponents of the wellbore servicing fluid comprises determining aconcentration of the lubricant; and a feedback system operable to adjustor maintain a composition of the wellbore servicing fluid beingintroduced into the wellbore and/or an operational parameter of thewellbore servicing operation based on the determined concentration ofthe lubricant, wherein the feedback system is configured for measuringtorque and/or drag on a drill bit in the wellbore; and utilizing thedetermined concentration of the lubricant to trouble shoot a source ofan increase in the torque and/or the drag, respectively, wherein troubleshooting the source of the increase in the torque and/or the dragcomprises: if the determined concentration of the lubricant is low,adjusting the composition of the wellbore servicing fluid beingintroduced into the wellbore by increasing an amount of the or anotherlubricant in the wellbore servicing fluid being introduced into thewellbore; and if the determined concentration of the lubricant is notlow, diagnosing the source of the elevated torque and/or drag as otherthan a low lubricant concentration.
 17. The system of claim 16, furthercomprising at least one MEMS device above ground.
 18. The system ofclaim 17 comprising: a MEMS device configured for determining of theconcentration of the one or more components above ground on a sample ofthe wellbore servicing fluid taken from a volume of the wellboreservicing fluid prior to introduction of the volume of the wellboreservicing fluid into the wellbore; a MEMS device configured fordetermining of the concentration of the one or more components aboveground on a sample of the wellbore servicing fluid taken from a volumeof the wellbore servicing fluid subsequent passage of the volume of thewellbore servicing fluid in the wellbore; or a combination thereof. 19.The system of claim 17 comprising a first above ground MEMS device at afirst above ground location and a second above ground MEMS devicelocated at a second above ground location, wherein the first aboveground location comprises a location along a flow path of the wellboreservicing fluid upstream of the wellbore, and wherein the second aboveground location comprises a location along the flow path of the wellboreservicing fluid downstream of the wellbore.
 20. The system of claim 17,wherein the system provides real time determining of the concentrationof the one or more components of the wellbore servicing fluid, whereinthe system is at least partially automated, or both.
 21. The method ofclaim 1, wherein each of the microcantilevers comprises a built-inresistive heater and a piezoelectric sensing element, wherein thepiezoelectric sensing element is coated with a coating sensitive to ananalyte specific to one of the one or more components.
 22. The method ofclaim 21, wherein the piezoelectric sensing element of eachmicrocantilever is sandwiched between the built-in resistive heater andthe coating.